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🏛️ Bulletin: Kristoffer Borgli, Varun Chopra, Irene Lusztig...

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Kristoffer Borgli directs ‘Dream Scenario’.

A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.

Starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, and Dylan Baker.

Premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

  • People Can’t Stop Dreaming About Nicolas Cage in a Hilariously Surreal Comedy About Internet Fame IndieWire

  • In a Career of More Than 100 Credits, This Nightmare Ranks Among Nicolas Cage’s Best Variety

  • Nicolas Cage Haunts the Whole World in the Trippy Dream Scenario Vanity Fair

KRISTOFFER BORGLI — ‘DREAM SCENARIO’

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Varun Chopra directs ‘Holy Cowboys’.

In small-town India, where cows are considered sacred, a teenaged boy and his group of friends set off on a quest to become saviors of the holy cow.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary at the 2022 DOC NYC.

VARUN CHOPRA — ‘HOLY COWBOYS’

CREATIVE SHORT

STILLZ directs ‘Doesn’t it feel like this was the beginning?’

Too wild for the city and too human for the countryside, an animal-headed human can’t feel at home anywhere.

Soundtracked by Helado Negro.

  • The Art of Stillz: The Elusive Creative Visionary Talks About His Most Memorable Videos RollingStone

STILLZ — ‘DOESN’T IT FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THE BEGINNING?’

DOCUMENTARY

Irene Lusztig directs ‘Richland’.

A U.S. nuclear company town stakes its identity on its little-known atomic origin story in this examination of the habits of thought that normalize the extraordinary violence of the past.

Premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.

IRENE LUSZTIG — ‘RICHLAND’

Footnotes

How Jane Campion Subverts The Violence Of The Male Gaze
youtube.com/watch?v=FJrXFHUW5Uk

Lamborghini collaborates with photographer Anton Corbijn
thenewsmarket.comlamborghini-anton-corbijn

Female Filmmakers in Focus: Jennifer Reeder on Perpetrator
rogerebert.com/interviews/female-filmmakers-in-focus

Duncan Loudon ‘Sweat’ London Screening
duncanloudon.co.uk

The NYC Building That Links Barbie, Uncut Gems, Girls & Catfish
screenrant.com/new-york-building-hollywood-connections

FRED's Interview: Harmony Korine - AGGRO DR1FT
youtube.com/watch?v=kojwOvK3KP8

Can AI learn to love — and can we learn to love it?
vox.com/artificial-intelligence-ai-movies

Pedro Almodovar on Gay Westerns, Diversity in Casting
hollywoodreporter.com/pedro-almodovar-interview

Darren Aronofsky shares first look inside new Sphere in Las Vegas
blooloop.com/darren-aronofsky-first-look-inside-sphere/

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DUNCAN LOUDON ‘SWEAT’ LONDON SCREENING